Brazilian karatekas prevailed at the 2019 PKF Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships and topped the final medal table of the event. The best promising athletes in the Americas gathered this past weekend in Guayaquil (Ecuador) to demonstrate their outstanding abilities and to fight for the domination of the sport in underage categories in the continent. 

Brazilian karatekas prevailed at the 2019 PKF Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships and topped the final medal table of the event. The best promising athletes in the Americas gathered this past weekend in Guayaquil (Ecuador) to demonstrate their outstanding abilities and to fight for the domination of the sport in underage categories in the continent. 

After four days of competition, the major powerhouse nations of the sport in the Americas claimed the first positions in the medal table. Brazil took the first spot in the final ranking of the event for the third consecutive time after claiming 32 medals including 12 golds. Venezuela repeated in the second position just as it happened last year with 25 medals and nine golds. The third place in the medal table is for the United States with 28 medals and seven golds. 

The last day of competition in Guayaquil was centred in team kumite categories.  Brazilian athletes wrapped up their outstanding performance with a gold medal in U21 Female Team Kumite with a slim 2-1 victory over Venezuela. In U21 Male Team Kumite, the gold medal went to Venezuela. The representatives of Venezuela defeated Mexico in the final 2-0. 

The next edition of the PKF Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships will be held in Monterrey (Mexico) in August 2020. 

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